DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb. 2

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U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington -------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events -------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2

** DAKAR - Senegal hosts finance summit for Africa infrastructure projects. (To Feb. 3) ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Elysee Palace in Paris – 1900 GMT.

** ZAGREB - Polish defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak visits Croatia, to meet Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenkovic and defence minister Mario Banozic – 1030 GMT. ** HOUSTON, United States - Peru's deputy energy minister Antar Bisetti, and the chairman of state-run Perupetro's board Isabel Tafur, will address investors in Houston.

** BAGHDAD - Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein speaks during a news conference with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. ** HELSINKI - Minister of European Affairs and Ownership Steering of Finland Tytti Tuppurainen and Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs Tiago Antunes will meet in Helsinki. KINSHASA - Pope Francis makes first papal visit to Democratic Republic of Congo in 37 years. (To Feb. 3) BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, the President of the United Nations General Assembly Csaba Korosi will visit China. (To Feb. 4) LONDON - Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles take part in Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations in London and Portsmouth during a two-day visit. (Final day) BANGKOK – Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a speech at a Government Housing Bank's event – 0630 GMT. MANILA - U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin holds a joint news conference with Filipino counterpart Carlito Galvez during his visit to the Philippines. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden and Jordan's King Abdullah II conduct talks at White House. STOCKHOLM - Finland's prime minister Sanna Marin to visit Stockholm for talks with her Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson to discuss the security policy situation amid the two nations' stalled NATO membership bids – 1345 GMT. RIGA - Polish president Andrzej Duda will participate in a discussion with the Latvian president Egils Levits on "Latvia and Poland: Countering Today's Challenges Together" – 0915 GMT. KINSHASA - Pope Francis addresses young people at a Kinshasa stadium during the first papal visit to Democratic Republic of Congo in over 37 years - 0930 GMT. STOCKHOLM - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck heads to Stockholm, where he will hold bilateral talks with counterparts on economic, energy and trade policy, as well as meet with the business community. (To Feb. 3). GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3

** WASHINGTON DC - South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department. COLOMBO - At the invitation of Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry, Bimala Rai Paudyal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal will visit Sri Lanka to participate in the 75th Independence Day functions as an honored guest in Colombo. (To Feb 4) MADRID - Spain´s foreign affairs minister Jose Manuel Albares speaks at Forum Europe in Madrid – 0800 GMT. TALLINN - Baltic Prime Ministers will discuss assisting Ukraine and European security in Tallinn – 1000 GMT. BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Berlin for discussions on bilateral, international and European topics before they speak to reporters – 1330 GMT. JAKARTA - The ASEAN foreign ministers retreat is scheduled to be held in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. (To Feb. 4) TORONTO, Canada - Canada Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will meet with provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto. LISBON - Portugal's Economy Minister Antonio Costa Silva to hold a news conference with the country's foreign press association AIEP - 1000 GMT. HELSINKI - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck meets with his Finnish counterparts to discuss economic, energy and trade policy issues as well as meet with the business community. LISBON - Antonio Costa Silva, Portugal's economy minister, to hold a news conference with the country's foreign press association AIEP - 1000 GMT. JUBA - Pope Francis will visit South Sudan. (To Feb. 5) BRUSSELS - EU-Ukraine summit. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 SAPPORO, Japan - 2023 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21) GLOBAL - World Cancer Day. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5 BEIJING - Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, meet with Qin Gang, foreign minister of the People's Republic of China. (To Feb. 6) QUITO – Ecuador Referendum Election. MONACO - Monacan National Council Election. NICOSIA - Presidency of Cyprus Election. LOS ANGELES - 65th Annual Grammy Awards. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 ** OSLO - Norway prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre, defence ministers of Sweden Pal Jonson and Antti Kaikkonen of Finland, deputy secretaty general of NATO Mircea Geoana, various Norwegian military chiefs are attending two-day conference dedicated to the war in Ukraine. (To Feb. 7)

** BENGALURU, India - Global energy leaders like Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, OPEC secretary general Haitham Al Ghais, Indian PM Narendra Modi, energy secretaries of China, Japan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh to speak at the India Energy Week Strategic Conference. Global refineries will also participate in the three-day event that kicks off on Feb 6, 2023. (To Feb. 9) ** GABORONE - Botswana's Finance Minister Peggy Serame will present the 2023/24 budget – 1200 GMT.

** HELSINKI - Governor general of Canada Mary Simon visits Finland, invited by Finnish president Sauli Niinisto. During the visit, Simon and Niinisto will also travel to Lapland. Simon will also meet with Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin. (To Feb. 10) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 ** HELSINKI - Sweden's foreign minister Tobias Billstrom visits Finland, attends Hanalys foreign policy forum and meets with Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto – 0850 GMT. CANBERRA- Chris Hipkins, New Zealand new Prime Minister, will make his first international visit to Australia and meet with Australia Prime minister Anthony Albanese. GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2023 with all proceedings and celebrations to be based around the theme "Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online". - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 TOKYO - Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr departs for a four-day working visit in Japan. (To Feb. 11) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9

** BANGKOK - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will meet Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon to discuss security cooperation between the two countries at the Government House. BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes his Slovenian counterpart Natasa Pirc Musar with military honors in Berlin. BRUSSELS - Special European Council meeting (To Feb 10). BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will give a speech at an energy dialogue organized by the BEE association for renewable energy - 1500 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU leaders to meet on migration, competitiveness vs U.S. and China. (To Feb. 10) NEW YORK CITY – Men's New York Fashion Week 2023 (To Feb. 12) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 WASHINGTON D.C. - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 BEIRUT - 15th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day. GENEVA, Switzerland - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 52nd session. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 PHNOM PENH - The German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Cambodia. (To Feb. 15) BRUSSELS - NATO Defence Ministers meet in Brussels. (To Feb. 15) GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 18th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. NEW YORK CITY – Women's New York Fashion Week 2023 (To Feb. 17) BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 BERLIN - 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 22) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PRISTINA - 15th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 25) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 LONDON - 76th British Academy Film Awards. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 STOCKHOLM - EU energy ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. (To Feb. 22) NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 NEW YORK CITY - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit New York to address the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly. KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim presents the nation's budget for 2023. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 GENEVA,Switzerland - Human Rights Council meeting (To March 31) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 NEW DELHI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be taking part in the G2O Foreign Ministers meeting in New Delhi. (To March 2) LONDON – The Norway Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit to visit United Kingdom (To March 2) NEW DELHI - The G20 foreign ministers will meet in New Delhi, India (To March 2) STOCKHOLM - EU defence ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 2 STOCKHOLM - EU defence and foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 3 STOCKHOLM - EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 5 TALLINN - Estonian Parliament Election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 7 PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 9 BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Mar. 10) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 10) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 10 PARIS - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit France for British-French summit. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 13 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 14 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 LONDON - British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt presents the UK government's budget and has commissioned the Office for Budget Responsibility to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to go with it. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 17 VIENNA - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers will meet in Vienna, Austria. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 19 ASTANA - Kazakh House of Representatives Election. PODGORICA – Montenegro Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 20 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 23 BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To Mar. 24) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

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